The Sunny Gardener - April 2023
I thought it might be nice to give the monthly review posts a livelier name.
One Year Fediversary
April 26, 2023 marked the 1 year anniversary of the sunny.garden server going online!
It has been an enjoyable, challenging, and rewarding experience so far. I’m grateful to everyone that has joined up and contributed to our little corner of the fediverse, as well as the folks and admins on other servers for their support, advice, and collaboration.
Thanks to oliver (@o1vr@sunny.garden) for the celebratory illustration!
Mastodon Upgraded
On April 23, sunny.garden was upgraded from Mastodon 4.1 to 4.1.2. This was a fairly minor upgrade, with mostly internal changes, but if you’re interested in the details, you can check out the changelogs for v4.1.1 and v4.1.2.
Summary
Active monthly users have remained flat this month, as expected from how things were looking last month. This seems to be on par with the general trend across the fediverse, with active monthly users remaining stable or ticking up slightly during April.
Hosting Costs
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| sunny.garden | 2023-05-01 | |
|---|---|---|
| Main Server | 4-8GB-80GB | -$30 |
| Server Backups | 80 GB | -$10 |
| Media Storage | 114GB/mo. | -$6 |
| Media Bandwidth* | 0GB | $0 |
| Media Backups | 26GB/mo. | -$1 |
| Domain Name | $35/yr | -$3 |
| Email Server | -$5 | |
| Donations One-Time | $3 | |
| Donations Recurring | $41 | |
| Monthly Totals | ||
| Previous Balance | $38 | |
| Total Donations | $44 | |
| Total Expenses | -$55 | |
| Balance | $27 |
Canadian Dollars
* Media files are served through a caching proxy with unmetered bandwidth, so external bandwidth charges are negligible.
Thank you, to everyone that has donated on ko-fi! There’s no obligation or expectation that you donate in order to use the server, and I’m able to cover the costs myself if needed.
– Brook